Car seat



Sept. 27, 1932.

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Patented Sept. 27, 1932 UNITED STATES --3 WILLIAM J. MAYRR, orPHILAIVJRLPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AssicfNoR RYivinsNE Asf provid sIGNMnNTs,To AMERICAN GARv coRPoRATIoN or NEW .rRRsRYr AN FOUNDRY CQMPANY,

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ApplicationledetoberK-i, 1928. rSeria1,No.'310,382.

This invention relates to-certain improvements in car seats, andparticularly thecar seat illustrated in the patent grant'edto J. A.Brooks, Serial #1,644,632on October 4,1927,

:. and on the car seat illustrated inthe application to Wm. J. Mayer,Serial #271,815, filed April 21,1928, which matured into- Pat. No.1,760,653, issued May 27 1930.

The object of the present invention is to e means whereby the seatsection is locked to the pedestal, and whereby means are provided for`first releasing said locking means, andforthen moving the car seatlaterally a certain distance. Y

The invention also relates to certain details which will be fullydescribed hereinafter..V

In the drawings, which represent one form of the invention: Y j Fig, 1illustrates a front elevation, partially in section, of thecompleteddevice; F ig..2 is an end view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view;

VFig. 4 is a sectionalrview taken onthe line 4-,`40fF1g.3; f

. Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5 5 of-Fig. 4; and 'YFig. 6 is a detail showing of one of the hinge elements.' Y l e l Theseat of the present invention comprises a base l'adapted to be mountedon vailoor or other suitable support and provided with a top 2 having anelongated opening 3 formed thereinv (seeFig..1)-through which-theprojectingportion 4 ter having portions underlying the top 2 adjacentthe opening 3 as clearlyshown in Fig. 4, and also being provided withspaced lugs 6 (see-Figs. land 5). The slide 51s shiftable longitudinallyof the', `base in 'the opening .3 by suitable lever means comprising afoot lever 7 of bell crank form pivoted as atA 8 to a Abracket 8 cludingan upwardly extending short ar1n 9 and anV arm 12 which extends throughyan opening" 13.7in-aY support 14Ut'o whichsthe of a slide 5 extends; thelatsecured to the base; said lever in 'to said seat bracket 8` Iis*secured and throughv an openi g 15 -formed inthe base 1. Y mounting ofthe foot lever7, as justdescribed, is merely by way of example asobviously the lever may be mounted in any suitable ordesired manner.

The bell crank 7 is adapted, .upon operation or shifting on its pivot 8,to shift the slide 5 as will appear more in detail hereinafter, andtheupper end of the arm 9 is slotted and is pivotally connectedas atl() toa link llfwhich latter is pivotally connected as at llto the beforementioned lugs 6. rlhe link 11` is a bell crank and theshort arm 16thereof .depends vfrom the pivot 1,1 and is connected. to a spring17having its opposite end secured to an eye bolt 18 arranged in la bracket19secured to the underside of top 2 of the base said eye bolt beingsecured against vdisplacement` in the' bracket by means of an adjustingnut 2O which obviously can be regulated to adjust the tension ofthespringrl?. The slide 5 is-provided with an' elongated sloty 21a (seeFig. :3) in which is loosely mounted a pivot pin 22 the upper end ofwhich projects through and is connected to a 'seatplate 23 by suitablelmeans such as thenut`22a, as shownjin Fig. 4. Secured to the lower endof the pin 22 is a re.- taining nut 24a (see Figs. 1 and 4)'. From thedescription` thus far it will be obvious that becauserof the elongatedopening 21 in theslide 5there is a lost'motion'connection between apivot pin 22 and said slide such that the slide may .1 shift a certaindistancerelative to the pin 22 upon actuation of `the lever 7..-.This

hereinafter.

4The seat voperation willbe more ,clearlyk pointed out with projecting`portions 23a which serve' as ahinge piate 25rfivetedor otherwisesecured Plate ,and-hevrleereeed hinge in the form of a bolt7 f Thisspeciiic plate 23v reu-sts upon and is `sup-l l ported by the top2of thebase and is provided elements 27 connected to companion hinge elements28 secured to the bottom boa-rd 29 of the seat body. Generally, thehinge connection is indicated at 26 in Fig. 3. The seat i body may be ofany preferred or desired form from the bottom board and extendingthrough,

a slot 37 formed in the seat plate 23 and adapted to project througheither one of oppositely arranged slots 38 formed in the top of thebase. The tongueportion 36 is provided with oppositely arranged notches39 on its side edges (see Fig. each adapted to be engaged by a lockingmeans carried by the lug 6 and comprising wedges40 formed at the ends ofarms 4l which project in opposite directions from the said lug,asclearly shown in Fi 4.

ecured to the inside of the base 1 are diametrically oppositely arrangedbracket members in the form of angles 42, the horizontal flanges thereofbeing slotted as at 43 to define stops or abutments at the ends ofsaidbrackets for limiting the extent of longitudinal travel or shifting ofthe seat body. Thus, when the seat plate is shifted, as moreclearlydescribed hereinafter, the tongue 36 moves in the slot 43 Withoutreleasing tion, due to the stops or abutments. I-Iowever, the body canbe tilted on its hinges as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 to free'thetongue to permitrotation as will appear more clearly hereinafter. Y v.

The seat plate 23 is generally circular in form as is clearly shown inFig. 3 and its edge extends into oppositely arranged guideways definedby the flanges 44 of oppositely arranged brackets 45 secured to the baseas shown clearly in Figs. 2, 3 and 4.

In railway cars of the present day it is desirable ,to provide seatswhich will give extreme comfort to passengers. therefore be wide enoughto provideample space for the passengers as will be apparent. Thepresent inventionprovides a railway car seat which is extremelycomfortableand Wide and therefore it must necessarily be arrangedclosely adjacent the sidewall of a car. The

Vcar seat of the present invention obviously is not of the Walkover typebut to reverse the position of the'seat it necessarily must be rotated.Due to the arrangement Yclose to sary to the side of the car it becomesnecesorder that it may clear the side when being rotated. Due'to theproximity of adjacent seats and theparticular typeof seatshown -causingthe locking the seat body for rotad They must of the seatV shift theseat awayfrom the side in herein it will be apparent that the arcs ofrotation of adjacent seats normally intersect and in the absence ofmeans for tilting the seat it will be diiiicult if not impossible torotate the seat to reverse its position. The

the position of the seat, the operator depresses the lever 7 whichmovement actuates the link 11 to shift the slide 5, this operation firstmeans or wedge 40 to leave or be `disengaged from the notch in thetongue of locking member 35 and then causes theend'of the slot to engagethe pivot pin 22 to shift the seatplate 23 longitudinally of the base.Shifting of the seat plate obviously shifts the seat body and the seatbody may be then-.swung on'xits hinges to the position shown in dottedlinesin Fig. 2L whereupon the entire seat body may be rotated' aroundthe pivot 22 to reverse the position of the seat and then the' seat bodylowered on its hinges to proj ect the tongue 36 into the opposite slot38. The spring 17 thereupon causes al return of the slide toits'normalposition and a lockingiengagement -of the'V adjacent locking means 40and the tongue 36.

It is, of course, understood that the inven# tion is susceptible tonumerous modifications and adaptations, and it is intended that it belimited onlyby the scope of the appended claims. Iclaim: i Y. j V` l. Ina seat, a base, a slide mounted on the base, a pivot pin carried bytheslide and having lost.4 motion connection therewith,

said pivot pin defining an axis of rotation, lever means forshiftingftheslide, locking means associated withthe slide and .shiftabletherewith, a seat body supported by the base and rotatable about thebefore mentioned axis'of rotation, and a locking'element on the seatbody with which the locking means normally cooperates to preventmovementV of the seat body, said lever means operating Y ,means to firstdisengage the locking. means from the locking element andthen cause theslide to shiftsaid pivot pin and its associated seat body whereby theand then rotated to a new position.

2. In a car seat, a base, a slide mounted on the'ba'se, a pivot pincarried by the slide and having lost motion connection therewith,leverf'ineansfor shifting the slideV longitudinally, a lockingmeansca'rried by the slide andnormall'y cooperating with a seat bodypart, said levermeans operating tofirst release the said'locking 'means'from'V the seat body part and then to shiftV thepivot pin,

to shiftV the slide and the 'locking "Y body may be tilted the seat bodypart is secured, said seat body being connected with the pivot pin.

In a car seat having a tiltable, shiftable and rotatable seat body, thecombination With a base and a slide on said base, of a seat plate on thebase, a seat body hingedto said seat plate, a lost motion pivotconnection between theV slide and the seat plate, a latch for the seatbody Vreleased in taking up the said lost motion, Vand lever actuatedmeans for shifting the slide to take up the lost motion and shift theseat plate.

In a car seat, a base, a slide thereon, a

seat plate rotatably related to said slide by a pin and slot connection,a seat body hinged to said seat plate for tilting movement, latch meansfor restraining said tilting movement, and means for shifting said slideto move the pin inthe slot of the connection until the said latch meansare released and subsequently pick up the seat plate and shift the same.Y

V5. In a car seat, a base, a slide thereon, a seat plate rotatablyrelated to said slide by a pin and slot connection, a seat body hingedto said seat plate for tilting movement, latch means for restrainingsaid tilting movement, means preventing rotation of said seat plateuntilthe same has been tilted, and means for shifting said slide to movethe pin in the slot of the connection until the said latch means arereleasedV and subsequently pick up the seat plate and shift the same.

WILLIAM J. MAYER.

